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Brendan DeMelle | February 14, 2012
By Brendan DeMelle • Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 13:13
Internal Heartland Institute strategy and funding documents obtained by DeSmogBlog expose the heart of the climate denial machine – its current plans, many of its funders, and details that confirm what DeSmogBlog and others have reported for years. The heart of the climate denial machine relies on huge corporate and foundation funding from U.S. businesses including Microsoft, Koch Industries, Altria (parent company of Philip Morris) RJR Tobacco and more.
Confirmation that Charles G. Koch Foundation is again funding Heartland Institute's global warming disinformation campaign. [Update: Apparently even the Koch brothers think the Heartland Institute's climate denial program is too toxic to fund. On Wednesday, Koch confirmed that it did not cut a check for the $200K mentioned in the strategy memo after all. A statement released on KochFacts.com and the charleskochfoundationfacts.org states that "…the Charles Koch Foundation provided $25,000 to the Heartland Institute in 2011 for research in healthcare, not climate change, and this was the first and only donation the Foundation made to the institute in more than a decade. The Foundation has made no further commitments of funding to Heartland."]
Greenpeace's Koch reports show the last time Heartland received Koch funding was in 1999.
The **January 2012 Confidential Memo: 2012 Heartland Climate Strategy** states:
"We will also pursue additional support from the Charles G. Koch Foundation. They returned as a Heartland donor in 2011 with a contribution of $200,000. We expect to push up their level of support in 2012 and gain access to their network of philanthropists, if our focus continues to align with their interests. Other contributions will be pursued for this work, especially from corporations whose interests are threatened by climate policies."
-Heartland Institute's global warming denial machine is chiefly – and perhaps entirely – funded by one Anonymous donor:
Our climate work is attractive to funders, especially our key Anonymous Donor (whose contribution dropped from $1,664,150 in 2010 to $979,000 in 2011 - about 20% of our total 2011 revenue). He has promised an increase in 2012…"
-Confirmation of exact amounts flowing to certain key climate contrarians.
"funding for high-profile individuals who regularly and publicly counter the alarmist AGW message. At the moment, this funding goes primarily to Craig Idso ($11,600 per month), Fred Singer ($5,000 per month, plus expenses), Robert Carter ($1,667 per month), and a number of other individuals, but we will consider expanding it, if funding can be found."
-As Brad Johnson reported today at ThinkProgress, confirmation that Heartland is working with David Wojick, a U.S. Energy Department contract worker and coal industry consultant, to develop a 'Global Warming Curriculum for K-12 Schools.'
-Forbes and other business press are favored outlets for Heartland's dissemination of climate denial messages, and the group is worried about maintaining that exclusive space. They note in particular the work of Dr. Peter Gleick:
"Efforts at places such as Forbes are especially important now that they have begun to allow high-profile climate scientists (such as Gleick) to post warmist science essays that counter our own. This influential audience has usually been reliably anti-climate and it is important to keep opposing voices out." (emphasis added)
Note the irony here that Heartland Institute – one of the major mouthpieces behind the debunked 'Climategate' email theft who harped about the suppression of denier voices in peer-reviewed literature – now defending its turf in the unscientific business magazine realm.
-Interesting mentions of Andrew Revkin as a potential ally worth "cultivating," along with Judith Curry.
"Efforts might also include cultivating more neutral voices with big audiences (such as Revkin at DotEarth/NYTimes, who has a well-known antipathy for some of the more extreme AGW communicators such as Romm, Trenberth, and Hansen) or Curry (who has become popular with our supporters)."
-Confirmation that skeptic blogger Anthony Watts is part of Heartland's funded network of misinformation communicators.
"We have also pledged to help raise around $90,000 in 2012 for Anthony Watts to help him create a new website to track temperature station data."
Stay tuned for more details as DeSmogBlog and others dig through this trove of Heartland Institute documents. The Heartland Institute's legacy of evasion of this level of transparency and accountability has now been shattered.
Read the documents [all PDF (except one .doc)]:
January 2012 Confidential Memo: 2012 Heartland Climate Strategy
Minutes of January 17 board meeting (.doc)
Agenda for January 17, 2012 Board Meeting
Board Meeting Package January 17, 2012
Binder 1 (maybe overlap with above documents)
2012 Heartland Fundraising Plan
2010 Heartland IRS Form 990 (public document)
Stay tuned… see also DeSmogBlog's Richard Littlemore's coverage.
**The Heartland Institute alleges that the 2012 climate strategy document is a "fake" and has threatened the DeSmogBlog with legal action. However, the organization has not provided any proof to support its allegations. We see no basis in fact or law for us to remove this document, and will leave it available in the public interest.
|2012 Climate Strategy.pdf
|Minutes of January 17 meeting.doc
|Board Meeting Package January 17.pdf
|Agenda for January 17 Meeting.pdf
|(1-15-2012) 2012 Heartland Budget.pdf
|(1-15-2012) 2012 Fundraising Plan.pdf
Alex 77 replied on Permalink
The exposure of these
The exposure of these documents confirm what climate realists/scientists have been saying for many years about the source of climate denial, and that the people pushing denier talking points are doing so for money. This money comes largely from the fossil fuel industry, which this further proves.
The "Climategate" emails, whose motivated misinterpretation and attendant media blitz was *successful* at creating additional climate denialism, and importantly, gave politicians political cover to avoid climate legislation/renewable energy support. It was a case study of the powers of modern PR and misinformation, and just how effectively a lie can be made to persuade and effect policy.
These Heartland docs *should* be a very effective weapon to shut down climate denier arguments, disbar the media credentials of paid climate deniers everywhere, and demonstrate the sophistication and dishonesty of the PR machine that climate scientists are up against. It truly is a test of whether or not scientists and honest/objective media brokers will ever be able to turn the tide in the climate messaging/media fight. This is a rare gift, and I hope to see the same strength and media brilliance employed in its dissemination as we all had to witness and endure during the "climategate" media blitz.
Hopefully this episode becomes branded with a catchy name, which can then be neatly invoked forevermore to call to mind the devious and fraudulent nature of climate denial. You know, sort of like all manner of conservatives attempt when mentioning "climategate". Please do better than "Heartlandgate", though.
Lionel A replied on Permalink
Definitely not Heartlandgate
Lies and the Lying Liars that tell them gate, aka Liargate
Scots Renewables replied on Permalink
This is great news and will
This is great news and will hopefully help to make up some of the ground lost to the forces of darkness through the 'Climategate' nonsense.
Many thanks to 'Heartland Insider' - perhaps this will encourage some more whistleblowing. I'd liek to see the same thing happen to our equivalent in the UK, the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
daedalus4u replied on Permalink
Follow the money
The Fundraising plan lists past donors and potential future donors. Some of them are publicly held corporations. I think that stockholders of those corporations deserve an explanation for why management is funding disinformation.
I would be very interested in main stream media contacting the individual donors and getting some feedback from them as to what their views are. They are treating their donations as "speech", lets give them a public forum to speak at.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
I'll just go make sure I'm not buying from them.
Sounds like great stuff to bring up at the next share holder's meeting.
In Calgary, when it became appearent that Talisman Energy had funded Tim Ball and the so called Friends of Science (and of course they laundered the money through charities), Talisman was forced to distance itself from the shame of what they'd done.
MA Rodger replied on Permalink
The Risks These Heartlanders Face
It would have been an interesting discussion to listen in to at their 17/1/12 meeting.
"What if somebody sues us for slander or libel or defamation?"
Normally the discussion would consider how to keep all publications truthful etc. but this meeting concludes with the motion - "It was agreed that a policy (for insurance) would be purchased no less than two weeks following the meeting provided a policy could be found that covered libel/slander/defamation."
That pretty much says it all!
chas rasper replied on Permalink
Speaking of dollars...
"With tiny budgets like $310 million, $100 million, and $95 million respectively, how can lovable underdogs like Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and NRDC *ever* hope to compete with mighty Heartland's $6.5 million? "
Tom Nelson's headline on the Heartland affair. \
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Yes and No.
Heartland Insititure is only one of many many many false organizations. In the US its called Koch Octopus for a reason.
Read some other articles;
Gina Rinehart dropped $192,000,000 to pick up a mouth piece in Australia.
"As I watched the video last Tuesday evening, news was just emerging that mining billionaire and Asia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, had bought $192 million worth of shares in Fairfax (the publisher of Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and many regional newspapers and city-based radio stations) to take her share in the company to about 14 per cent. To me, these two events were intrinsically linked, and not just because Mr Manners is a personal friend of Ms Rinehart'"
And here's one reason why it may be so;
"At the time, Lord Monckton was in Australia at the behest of a mining association and Gina Rinehart to deliver a series of talks on climate change and spread his conspiracy theories that human-caused climate change is a left-wing plot to bring down the West."
Gina Rinehart is a woman with a mission to control the air waves and pesky climate science in Australia.
I can hardly wait to hear what she spends $200 million on next year.
MA Rodger replied on Permalink
.... and other world currencies.
Chas Rasper.
You fail to complete your commenting.
Obfuscation is indeed a highly cost-effective activity.
Was it Samuel L. Clemens who said "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ?
Snapple replied on Permalink
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill said that.
John Mashey replied on Permalink
Heartland gets paid for lies
Congratulations. You are right with underdogs who are still financed by tobacco comanies (Altria is stiil there). Heartland learned how to deceive by helping the tobacco companies, who survive by killing children very sloiwly.
The evidence is that Heartland is a PR/advocacy entity.
Martin Vermeer replied on Permalink
Here I should add something
Here I should add something flippant about how much drinking water can be spoiled by how little dirt. It's a very unsymmetric situation.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Where's the Research Budget?
For a Think Tank, there doesn't seem to be any thinking. Right?
The purpose of a Think Tank is to provide talking points for the media. But in this case, you can see they are simply trying to worm their opinion into the media. They aren't trying to verify that what they are doing is correct. Quite the opposite. They are concerned that they may get sued for Liable\Slander.
We already know exactly what Wojick's 'education plan' is going to look like.
Environmental groups have huge Research Budgets.
Many environmental groups have to actually research their own data. Its expensive, and they have to do a good job, or silly skeptics will make hay of it. In the Tar Sands, the work required to prove that the toxic emissions from bitumen upgraders, was enormous. After producing it… they get attacked. It took a documentary from David Suzuki to convince federal and provincial governments to actually measure toxic emissions. So far we only have a PR campaign. Nothing else, and this is some 15 years after problems were first identified. The government fired Dr David Swan for daring to speak out about toxic pollution.
Now compare what the environment groups do to the cost of navel gazing and offering pre-written opinion pieces to new papers. They are not even remotely the same things.
The real question is why media (such as FOX) considers Heartland navel gazing in any way on par with science or research. Their broadcasts\newspaper articles should be proceeded by something like, "And now we hear from some guy who doesn't know anything but was paid cash (monthly) to disagree with the majority of specialists in this field."
ChrisHanson replied on Permalink
even if the document wasn't a fake, which it is, what are idiot greens whining about? The out spend skeptics 50 to 1.
You're not going to find much logic on this site. Lots of emotional hate.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Are you mathematically challenged?
Its a serious question.
The fact is Heartland does Zero Nada Zippo work. The environmental groups research and peform real work. Like measurements. Facts.
Not the truthy stuff your kind sells.
ChrisHanson replied on Permalink
I realize this is dim hate site....
but you have to face the greenshirt facts of the situation;
The data is right there;
2010 Annual Report
" ($524m Euro)
Pew Charitable Trust
2010 Annual Report
Sierra Club
2010 Annual Report
NSW climate change fund (just one random govt example)
NSW Gov (A$700m)
Heartland Institute
US government funding for climate science and technology
"Climate Money" 2009
US government funding for "climate related appropriations"
Annual turnover in global carbon markets
2010 Point Carbon
Annual investment in renewable energy
US government funding for skeptical scientists
$ 0
These are annual turnovers or annual budgets
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
So taking your silly bait...
You still haven't figured out how much money is involved. Only a half wit such as yourself wouldn't realize this.
For instance… The anonymous donor put $200k (?) for the education program modules. Right?
But the donor was the one who was supposed to put them in the classrooms. Right? That's priceless.
(Note to self… figure who's pushing it.)
Obviously more is afoot than you and the hapless Jo can follow. Or is it maybe that she can follow. I mean she was in the meeting with Moncton discussing buying a TV station to pump out her crap. Hmmm?
Its called Koch Octopus for reason.
But you do make a valid point, that maybe the enviros shouldn't study or learn about the environment, but rather they should buy TV stations, and pump out crap like you guys.
I'll just let Greenpeace know about that.
ChrisHanson replied on Permalink
Looks like we need a desmog retraction......
story based on fraud;
At least Climategate was real.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
No. I want the police to investigate.
I want to know if the documents are real. (This is what you skeptics were saying about Climategate, right?)
Americans are subsidizing them in the form of being charities, and have a right to know if the documents are real.
We should seize and search their computers. Now before they hide their slimy trail.
justjoshin replied on Permalink
only one crime
and it'd be the fraudulent impersonation of a board member to elicit the sending of the documents to a third party.
so let me write it out to see if it makes more sense. You have a privately funded think tank who are recieving approximately $7-8M a year from various private and corporate sources. Why the outrage? It's not public money being spent. Yep, there has been some money sourced from oil companies, a drop in the ocean compared to the funding recieved by greenpeace, WWF, and governmental climate change agencies in the western world.
If you want to see public money being wasted, look at the IPCC.
ChrisHanson replied on Permalink
Rather than just make an apology......
We'll watch you stoop to Dan Rather levels and start talking about "fake but accurate"????
Galloping Camel replied on Permalink
It has been a while since I commented here but your comments on the Heartland Institute "leaks" are puzzling:
1. Please explain why $80,000 donated to Anthony Watts is a problem while $1,600,000 for Hansen is not.
2. Please explain why anyone would object to a project that will make it easier for the general public to access NOAA climate data.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Watts is a shyster.
I've looked at his mickey mouse work on climate science… and he has nothing to offer the world. He doesn't understand anything. (Except more FUD… Fear Uncertainty Doubt. He has plenty of that to offer.)
As Mann put it. The reason you guys go after the scientists is because you don't have any science to back you up. Zero Nadda Zippo
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
You would actually believe anything he says?
Galloping Camel said:
"Please explain why $80,000 donated to Anthony Watts is a problem"
Given Watts' past history of lies, disinformation and slander of climate scientists you would actually believe anything he puts on the Web?
Hey, if you are that much of a sucker I have some moose pasture in Northern Alberta I can sell you. You would only have surface rights but just wait a few years and oil pollution from the tar sands will be enough to make it economical to recycle a few barrels at a time.
Good grief, no wonder the deniers get so much press time when idiot deniers like GC lap up every dishonest word they say.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
The implication is obvious.
Anthony Watts isn't doing science. He's fighting it.
And yes… I worry about that.
Galloping Camel replied on Permalink
Interesting that my comment has already been removed from this echo chamber. Thanks for replying before it was snipped.
Watts is going to use the money to make it easier for the general public to access NOAA climate data. Do you have a problem with that?
I also asked whether why the money showered on Hansen was not a problem.
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
All Watts has are lies, lies and more lies
As I said before, Watts is one of the most dishonest of the deniers (see his comments before and after BEST). He will use his Hearltless money to spread more lies about honest scientific data which confirms global warming. After all that is what Heartland wants people to do, tell lies and pass on misinformation.
If you cannot see that all he has are lies then you are indeed a sad case.
Hart Williams replied on Permalink
Further Koch connections to Heartland
Here are three investigative reports that show connections between Joseph Bast and various other Koch front groups. (With pictures.)
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
The Best is 'New Yorker's - Covert Operations'
Dude… the man is poison.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
First study
Ray Pierrehumbert's "Principles of Planetary Climate"
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Put on your big girl panties and find something useful to say.
Seriously… We're not the ones who are upset. You are. We're also not talking about the numbers either. You are.
By the way, you neglected Jo Nova's insider track on buying newspapers and setting up a Fox clone for Australia. Why don't you hear her talk about it right here;
Thats an obvious and convenient mistake for her to make isn't it? In Jo Nova's world, TV stations must be free. Right?
Come back when you have something useful to contribute. OK Chump?
ChrisHanson replied on Permalink
This is what a real advocacy scandal looks like.....
Media Matters = Hate group
Tied to a JournOlist network and the White House. This is a scandal.
Martin Vermeer replied on Permalink
Yes I understand why you
Yes I understand why you would like to change the subject :-)
MA Rodger replied on Permalink
They're the world's best but still need more money.
The "poor little H.I." with 'hardily $6.4m to rub together' message may appear to apologists useful in this forum but that is not the message the H.I. is putting in front of its supporters.
A link at SkS yields the appeal by H.I. President Jo Bast. The H.I. is doing such a good job, apparently. "…on climate change, we are the loudest and most effective voice against alarmism in the country, even the entire world. "
But they are in need of more money. "We are creating a legal defense fund to support litigation, starting immediately, to demand that false and defamatory material be removed from blogs and Web sites and publications, and that the true criminals in this case be prosecuted to the full extent of the law." Obviously they have yet to seek any legal advice as the action they are about is not defense!
The humour content of Jo Bast's appeal makes it well worth the read.
Nelson replied on Permalink
So, if one's position is affirmed, it's OK if the document that is the 'smoking gun' is faked?
If the argument that deniers are being funded by BIG ______ (fill in the blank) is so strong, why fake documents? Besides, oil companies have given more money to fund research on alternative energy than they have to deniers, so why give big money to deniers and hand alarmists a major PR coup? If anything, these documents show just how poorly funded the deniers are. This kind of money is chump change compared to what the other side gets. Heck, James Hansen wouldn't even get out of bed for this kind of money.
It would seem that a heaping plate of crow is in order.
Peter Moss replied on Permalink
Heartland funding sources
Heartland funding sources = 14% individuals, 34% corporations, 48% foundations.
That pretty much says it all. This is not an independent grass roots group of concerned citizens with the welfare of others on their minds.
Greenpeace International: 226 million Euros (or $296,051,386.52 CAD) donations from 2.8 million different people, 95% from individuals with an average of 77 euros per year.
Sierra Club: $56 million
WWF: $ 524,963,000 (Not $700 million)
Pew Charitable Trust: $297,929,876 (Not $360 million)
I didn't bother looking up the rest, as they'd be just as inaccurate. First: These are gross revenues from all sources, not an accounting of how much these groups spend on climate change campaigns in North America. Second: Government funds research in climate change and technology. Since governments (i.e. politicians) are funded by coporations to get elected, wouldn' it be in government's interest to look for results from all that climate change research that could be favorable to their climate denying corporate campaign financiers? Does the fact that most scientists haven't found anything fundamentally wrong with the concept of global warming tell you anything?
The Heartland Institute gets more bang for their buck because they already have the advantage of a compliant news media:
"In 2010, The Heartland Institute contacted journalists more than 262,000 times and appeared in print and on television or radio 3,490 times. Heartland hosted 21 events attracting nearly 2,000 guests."- 2010 Heartland Institute Prospectus
When is the last time you saw someone from the Pew Charitable Trust being interviewed on TV or radio about climate change? Or Greenpeace (without being ridiculed by the reporter)?
rpauli replied on Permalink
Koch =/= Koch Foundation
As I read carefully the Koch Foundation is not a donor to the Heartland Institute - I do not read that either one of the Koch brothers or other companies has denied making contributions.


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I got into my sport because my dad was a huge tennis fan and my brother used to play and I always looked up to them. So, naturally, I wanted to play as well.
Growing up, I played a lot of sports, especially soccer and basketball. Those were my top three. I almost played more soccer than I did tennis. I basically stopped playing soccer when I was 12 years old because I got elbowed in the eye and I had a huge black eye and my dad said that was going to be the end of soccer. Tennis was always the main priority.
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The last book I read was Open, the Andre Agassi biography. I had heard a lot of interesting stuff about it, about some of the inside scoops, so it was really something I was curious about. I picked it up and it was a great book. Andre being a tennis legend, it naturally interested me. I saw some of the pictures of him with his long hair and I think only Andre could pull off something like that. There won't be any long hair like that for me.
My favourite band of all time would definitely be the Beatles. I've listened to them since I was 11 years old. I like indie and alternative rock, but I'm not a big fan of rap. I like any kind of music that has melody.
Some other sports I like to follow are hockey and soccer in the European leagues. Obviously being a Canadian, I love hockey. I'm always watching the NHL, the playoffs and everything and cheering on the Canucks. I was really disappointed in what happened to them this year, but not as disappointed as last year when they lost the Stanley Cup Final after being up 3-2. Maybe next year ...
Something people don't know about me is that I'm pretty superstitious, especially with what I eat. That's kind of why I like to eat the same sub every time. I tend to go to the same restaurants if I win and I try to eat the same food, which can get pretty annoying if I do well in a tournament. I think every athlete has some kind of superstition and things that make you comfortable and mine happens to be eating. I also try to wear the same colour clothes if I win that I wore the match before.
When I'm not competing or training, I'll be watching movies, a lot of movies for sure, and just hanging out with my coach and my friends and stuff. Other than that, everything is pretty focused on tennis.
My Olympics would be a success if I could get to the podium. I'd love to do that and playing with Daniel Nestor, who in my opinion is the greatest doubles player of all time, it's not that crazy, or dreamy. So if that happened, it would obviously be the biggest achievement of my career and my life. I'm hoping to do that.
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Bill,It is a little confusing. I have seen postings on the Italian sites that refer to the one color being stronger than the other color. I guess Marco might have an answer. Who knows, maybe they try to use what ever their surplus is in the States. Bob
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Heading home(southern Connecticut along I-91 South from the top of Vermont. Wondering if anyone can give me a heads up on a Caputo source pretty close from an exit.
I've been looking around Indianapolis trying to find a place that carries it. Delco's on 78th street carries it. $35 for a 55lb bag. I'd be happy to split it with some people if anyone is interested. I'm trying to find some smaller bags that don't cost an arm and a leg. I found FG Pizza in California. They sell a three pack (6.6lbs total) for $11.99. Shipping to Indy is $10.70
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Several new arrests and some released prisoners in this week, where the good news of an Oscar win was quickly overshadowed by the parliamentary elections in Iran and the increasing impact of sanctions.
News of Prisoners
- On day 51 of his hunger strike, Dr. Mehdi Khazali was moved Mon from Ward 350 to high security Ward 209(Intel).
- Saeed Sangar, sentenced to life time in prison, transferred from Sanandaj prison to an unknown location.
B- Arrests/Incarcerations
- Mojtaba Babakarami, Mehdi Cheghakaboodi, Shirin Ghanbari, among 13 Christians from Kermanshah, arrested in a raid on a home church last Tuesday. Azadeh Sharifi, also arrested last Tuesday, was released on bail.
- Meysam Mashayekh, a reformist activist and blogger from Noshahar arrested.
- Photojournalist Tahmineh Monzavi was arrested 2/18 at her studio, computer and personal items seized from studio and home.
- Hooman Zarei, Baha'i arrested at his work place in Shiraz.
- Sadegh Akhoondi, University Professor, released on bail.
- Journalist Sahamedin Bourghani has been released on bail.
- Parastoo Dokoohakhi, journalist, released on bail.
- Nama Jafari, writer, released on 80 million Toman bail.
- National Front member Dr. Ali Rashidi has been released.
- Journalist Marzieh Rasouli was released on 300 million Toman bail.
- Women's rights activist Manizheh Sadeghi has been released from Sanandaj prison after finishing her 91 days term.
- Mohammad Saeed Zakeri, editor in chief of Ninth day, released.
D-Other News
- Blogger Davood Bahman Abadi on hunger strike.
- Music forum campaigning for release of jailed Iranian musician Arya Aramnejad.
- Wife of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest, has no information regarding his situation.
- Daughter and son-in-law of imprisoned Reformist Tajzadeh have been summoned to court and banned from leaving the country.
News of injustice in Iran
- Despite finishing his one year sentence, senior Reformist Abolfazl Ghadiani has not been released and has been sentenced to additional three years.
- Human Rights Activist Kouhyar Goudarzi has been sentenced to 6 Years in prison.
- 3 years sentence for Saeed Jalilafar confirmed by Appeals.
- Shahram Karimi lashed 74 times in Evin.
- Student and human rights activist Mokhtar Zarei has been sentenced to one year in prison by court in Sanandaj.
University – Culture
- Bamdad daily banned for publishing letter of clerical students to Mullah Hawzah in Qom complaining about Larijani.
- "]'A Séparation' film by Asghar Farhadi received Independent Spirit Award from The Hollywood Reporter for Best Foreign Film.
- 'A Séparation', Oscar winner 2012 Asghar Farhadi: I proudly offer this award to the people of my country.
- Former President Khatami congratulated Asghar Farhadi for winning the 1st Iranian Oscar.
- Sarat news, Beebak news & 598 news have been filtered & Managing Directors summoned by Judiciary
- Power show to control Azad University after the brother of Research Ministry was imposed by force. Rafsanjani, heading managing committee of Azad University foundation is still trying to resist.
- 1st Triennial Iranian Studies Conference in Oslo.
- Police raided neighbourhoods in East Tehran confiscating satellite dishes and threatening people who protested with arrest.
- University security reportedly summoned students at Shahr-e-Kurd university for building a snowman decorated with a green scarf.
- Yasmin Fanaeian, Baha'i student in Payam e Noor in Sari, and Shahin Mousavi, Baha'i student of Civil Engineering at the non-profit Tabri University in Babol, have been expelled,
- Ministry of Education has issued a directive to the country's schools, to identify and report to the Ministry any Bahai pupils at their schools.
- Schools are allegedly requiring students to go to voting booths and get a stamp mark + photo evidence of voting.
Economy in Iran
- A bicycle factory in Ghuchan has not paid its workers in four months.
- Workers from the Bahman Polymer Company have not been paid for three months.
- Sam Cable Company of Tehran owes between four and five million Tomans to its workers.
- The brick factory of Rasekh in Bandar Abbas was closed due to a lack of natural gas.
- Majlis Economic Committee member: Decision to stop crude supplies to Greece is a positive action that serves national interests.
- Iran buys US wheat despite nuclear tensions.
- Shell purchases 1.5 million barrels of oil from Iran despite sanctions.
- Workers from the Ardebil metal company gathered inside the company to protest not being paid for five months and a lack of raw material.
- On Monday February 6th, workers of Artavil Tires in Ardebil protested in front of the factory against the decision of the owner to close the factory.
- A large crown reportedly set Iran Majlis election posters on fire in Sari.
Iran abroad
- German government calls for the release of Yousef Nadarkhani, Iranian priest sentenced to death.
- Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi left Tehran to participate in the 19th session of the Human Rights Council, which will be held in Geneva from February 27 to March 23.
- Azeri Ambassador summoned over arms deal with Israel.
- Russian bank shuts down Iranian embassy accounts.
- Clinton: Latin American drug cartels' links to Iran, Hezbollah a concern.
- Azerbaijani television hacked from Iran.
- Iran has sent USD 3.5 million to Zimbabwe to complete tractor assembly plant.
Politics in Iran
- The committee of Iranian Free Teachers asked all Iranians and teachers around the country to protest the sham election.
- Candidates in election have to go through screening process. So far, 1200 have been disqualified including 36 serving MPs.
- Mojtaba Khamenei allegedly met with Moussavi to ask for his collaboration, "given the country's critical situation" – Mousavi refused to reply to Mojtaba and asked for a direct, private conversation with Khamenei.
- Position of Sunni leaders on the election; We are not supporting any candidates.
- Mesbah Yazdi and IRGC form coalition against Mahdavi Kani's United Principalist Front in parliamentary elections.
- Iranian Kurdish groups call for boycott of elections.
- Iranian Opposition demands federalism for Kurdistan.
- Hundreds of foreign reporters have beeninvited to cover Iran's parliamentary elections. Foreign journalists allowed to cover Iranian elections are bussed to chosen pooling stations and back to their hotel with no opportunity to meet real people; reports showing mainly elderly people when 65 % of the population in under 30.
- Election Commission official – 10 foreign "saboteurs" try to disrupt elections arrested.
- The electoral commission extended polling station opening for 5 hours.
- The election commission has asked election workers to let people vote, even without ID cards.
- 530 irregularities noted since electoral lists constitution in Tehran region.
- Main lists:
- United Front of Conservatives (Jebheh Mottahed-e Osoolgaraayaan): rather pro-Khamenei but also some pro-Ahmadinejad aussi
- Resistance Front of Islamic Républic (Jebheh Paaydaari-e Enghlelab-e Eslami): main figure, ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, spiritual mentor of Ahmadinejad
- Front of People's Voice (Jebheh Sedaa-ye Mellat): refused from two above-mentionned lists
- Defense Front of Islamic Républic (Jebheh Eistaadegi Enghelab-e Eslami): supporters of Rezaï, previous IRGC commandor – Mahmoud Alavi, member of Council of Experts who wanted to be part of this list, was barred from candidacy
- Democratic Front (Jebheh Democrat): réformists wanting to take part in elections.
- Tehran – Zahedan train derailed by sandstorms. Several hours delay but no serious injuries.
- In the past 4 years, child marriages reported to have increased by 45 percent.
- Tehran police shut down 15 clothing stores for selling 'vulgar dress'.
- In the past month, five school students and two teachers were reported killed, and dozens injured, in (basiji) rahian-e-noor camps.
- An outlet of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has opened in the Iranian city of Karaj. The owners claim it is "100% Iranian"


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On Jan. 9, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Hyundai Elantra and Land Rover's Range Rover Evoque were voted North American Car and Truck of the Year (NACOTY). Fifty automotive journalists reduced 17 cars and seven trucks to three finalists in each category, and voted for the winners.
Now the stopwatch is running. At some point, Jay Leno will wonder on national TV: "What were they thinking?"
Consider last year's winners: the Chevrolet Volt and the Ford Explorer. New technology abounded in both. The Volt cunningly reinvented the hybrid diesel locomotive, where an internal combustion engine shares the work with batteries to power the vehicle. But the price tag was an electric shock, and only 6,142 were sold in the first 11 months of 2011, far below the goal of 10,000. The Volt's credibility also took a hit after its batteries caught on fire in the weeks following three government crash tests. Though federal safety regulators gave the Volt an all-clear last month, concluding that the car does not pose any unusual risk of fire, and GM acted quickly to make modifications to the car that would fix the issue, it remains to be seen how consumers will respond.
Meanwhile Ford included a complicated, glitch-prone electronic application in the Explorer, and while the car was widely praised in the press for other features, owners and journalists found MyFord Touch to be very frustrating. Still, with 121,832 sold as of Dec. 1, the Blue Oval will resolve its teething troubles, possibly with the free major software upgrade it is offering owners this year.
Car and Driver's Tony Swan was editor-in-chief at Motor Trend in the early 1980s and is now on the NACOTY organizing committee. He remembers the Renault Alliance being named Motor Trend's Car of the Year in 1983, and also to Car and Driver's 10 Best.
"The problem for any new car magazine is that it's impossible to forecast what the car's durability/reliability performance will be," Swan said.
Also on the NACOTY panel is Scott Oldham, editor-in-chief at Edmunds.com. "You could come up with a piece of junk, but if others are junkier, your piece of junk wins car of the year. Still, sometimes your editorial compass is off," he sighed, noting that Edmunds picked the Pontiac Solstice as one of the most significant new cars in 2006. Last month, it made Edmunds' Top 100 Worst Cars Ever. "We got a 'long-termer' (test car)," he said.
Manufacturers are glad to have their cars included on any list that might bring public attention. "Buyers who have already made an emotional decision are looking for a third party endorsement," said Scott Brown of Chrysler Communications.
Tony Quiroga of Car and Driver thinks tying awards to brand new cars is risky, and the magazine includes previous winners in the contest, or losers if they have major changes. "We end up with a list of about 60-70 cars and vote on each car on a 0-100 scale," he said. "The highest and lowest votes are thrown out, the numbers are averaged and we have our 10 Best list," he said. "The Honda Accord has been on the list 26 or 27 times. The BMW 3 Series has the longest consecutive run – on the list through three generations, and since 1992."
Let's look at some decisions from past years. Prior to 1994 there was no overall Car of the Year choice, with multiple judges. Motor Trend started its single award in 1949, while other publications favored "best" lists.
Top 5 questionable Car of the Year winners1972 Citroen SM
French Rubik's cube had fragile Maserati V-6 motor, and 2,200 psi hydraulic system prone to heart attacks. No long-term test, for sure. When Peugeot took over Citroen in 1976, it scrapped unsold survivors.
1971 Chevrolet Vega
Aluminum block, steel-liner emulsion engine had about 20,000-mile lifespan and body had chronic rust issues. "Do you hear what they're saying about Vega?" said the ads. Indeed …
1958 Ford Thunderbird
Cynical replacement for '55-'57 two-seater was 4,000-pound, boxy four-seater pig that outsold handsome predecessor two-to-one. Now worth half as much as the two-seaters.
1981 Chrysler K-cars
Sentimental award for Lee Iacocca and a sigh of relief that Chrysler would continue. A rare case of aiming low and connecting: dogged survivors standbys for rural mailmen.
1983 AMC/Renault Alliance
Kenosha-built Renault 9 was doomed by quality control, or lack of it, poor dealer support, and the fact that America is really BIG compared to Europe. Owners of British cars already knew that. The last AMC car sold to many people.
Top 5 cars that should have won Car of the Year1964½ Mustang
Ford won an "overall accomplishment" award in 1964, but that's like a Lifetime Achievement Oscar before you die. The Mustang won a Tiffany Award for Design, but who remembers that? Still, it paced the Indy 500, and Ford sold 1 million Mustangs in two years.
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Larry Shinoda's razor-sharp, split-window coupe still draws crowds, and the five Grand Sports command $5 million and up. This got many awards later, but the 1963 COTY went to American Motors. Really.
1984 Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager
Chrysler's lunch pail-on-wheels rendered station wagons obsolete, and 13 million have been sold in 80 countries. But it didn't win COTY until 1996 redesign. The 1984 winner was restyled (but troublesome) C4 Corvette.
1987 Buick Grand National
Last version of the turbo-charged, V-6, rear-wheel drive holdout was fastest 0-60 car in the U.S. Rare GNX version could do 0-60 in 4.7 seconds. 1987 COTY winner was the Ford Thunderbird Turbo coupe, and when did you last see one?
1967 Chevrolet Camaro
Handsome, late answer to Ford Mustang sold 220,937 examples at launch but established a lasting franchise, with the '69s a high point and with hot COPO variations. COTY winner in '67 was Mercury Cougar, the "Mustang for the middle-aged".


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California 68, Georgia Tech 57
BY foxsports • November 24, 2012
Justin Cobbs scored 17 points, Richard Solomon got six of his 12 points down the stretch to help fuel a pivotal rally and California beat Georgia Tech 68-57 on Friday night to advance to the championship game of the DirecTV Classic.
Allen Crabbe added 13 points and five assists for Cal, which is off to a 5-0 start. Cal's opponent in Sunday's title game will be Pacific, which beat St. Mary's 76-66 earlier Friday and topped Xavier 70-67 in Thursday's first-round game. The Golden Bears got to the semifinal round with a 73-70 win over Drake.
Mfon Udofia had 16 points and Kammeon Holsey came off the bench to score 14 for Georgia Tech (3-1), which shot 39 percent from the field, was 2 of 15 from 3-point range and was outrebounded 41-29.
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This is what has happened in my classroom relative to Writing Workshop after my Inquiry Group work last summer at my NWP institute!
I have 22 second graders, mostly 7-year-olds. At the beginning of the year, I gave them each a three ring notebook and set up a shelf space where those notebooks could be stored, along with a variety of writing paper including 3 hole notebook paper, art paper, stapler, dictionary, thesaurus, pencils, etc. Then as I had writing lessons, we would "store" them in their notebooks. When they were done with the "assignment of the day/week" I just told them they could write whatever they wanted to write about to finish out the time allotted.
Now, this whole thing has totally evolved into them begging me to "do writers workshop!" If we have a mere 5 minutes of down-time, THAT is what they ask to do! It is totally amazing. They LOVE having choice, they love the opportunity to work with a partner. It is just amazing to see how they morph some other 'content' lesson into a book that they are writing. They love to write. ALL of them. If I have a block of time in my planbook that is 'open' or if something comes up where I need to pay attention to just one or two children (like solving a conflict from recess time!) I can just tell the rest of the class that they get to do writing workshop! They pump both arms in the air and cheer! It could self-manage itself for well over an hour! I think it has everything to do with setting the stage, giving them tools, giving it importance and giving them choice.
In reality, I have lots of details that I still need to work on to make it be a 'model program', like how to manage conferencing with each of them in a timely manner, but that will evolve. For now, I am super pleased with what has happened and I think I have students that consider themselves WRITERS!!


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Anders Holmström asks:
Let's say I have a function
IsAdmin that checks whether a user is an admin. Let's also say that the admin checking is done by matching the user id, name, and password against some sort of rule (not important).
In my head there are then two possible function signatures for this:
public bool IsAdmin(User user);
public bool IsAdmin(int id, string name, string password);
I most often go for the second type of signature, thinking that:
- The function signature gives the reader a lot more info.
- The logic contained inside the function doesn't have to know about the
- It usually results in slightly less code inside the function.
However I sometimes question this approach, and I also realize that at some point it would become unwieldy. If, for example, a function would map between ten different object fields into a resulting bool I would obviously send in the entire object. But apart from a stark example like that I can't see a reason to pass in the actual object.
I would appreciate any arguments for either style, as well as any general observations you might offer.
I program in both object oriented and functional styles, so the question should be seen as regarding any and all idioms.
See the full, original question here.
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Rachel answers (102 votes):
I personally prefer the first method of just
IsAdmin(User user)
It's much easier to use, and if your criteria for IsAdmin changes at a later date (perhaps based on roles, or isActive), you don't need to rewrite your method signature everywhere.
It's also probably more secure as you aren't advertising what properties determine if a user is an Admin or not, or passing around the password property everywhere. And syrion makes a good point: what happens when your
id doesn't match the
The length of code inside a function shouldn't really matter providing the method does its job, and I'd much rather have shorter and simpler application code than helper method code.
Related: "What is meant by, 'A user shouldn't decide whether it is an Admin or not. The Privileges or Security system should.'"
Don't strew your logic about
syrion answers (67 votes):
The first signature is superior because it allows the encapsulation of user-related logic in the
User object itself. It is not beneficial to have logic for the construction of the "id, name, password" tuple strewn about your code base. Furthermore, it complicates the
isAdmin function: what happens if someone passes in an
id that does not match the
name, for example? What if you want to check if a given User is an administrator from a context where you should not know their password?
Furthermore, as a note on your third point in favor of the style with extra arguments; it may result in "less code inside the function," but where does that logic go? It can't just vanish! Instead, it's spread around every single place where the function is called. To save five lines of code in a single place, you've paid five lines per use of the function!
GlenPeterson answers (46 votes):
Use the first, but not (only) for the reasons others have given.
public bool IsAdmin(User user);
This is type safe. Especially since User is a type you defined yourself, there is little or no opportunity to transpose or switch up arguments. It clearly operates on Users and is not some generic function accepting any int and two strings. This is a big part of the point of using a type-safe language like Java or C# which your code looks like. If you are asking about a specific language, you might want to add a tag for that language to your question.
public bool IsAdmin(int id, string name, string password);
Here, any int and two strings will do. What prevents you from transposing the name and password? The second is more work to use and allows more opportunity for error.
Presumably, both functions require that user.getId(), user.getName(), and user.getPassword() be called, either inside the function (in the first case) or before calling the function (in the second), so the amount of coupling is the same either way. Actually, since this function is only valid on Users, in Java I would eliminate all arguments and make this an instance method on User objects:
Since this function is already tightly coupled to Users, it makes sense to make it a part of what a user is.
P.S. I'm sure this is just an example, but it looks like you are storing a password. You should instead only store a cryptographically secure password hash. During login, the supplied password should be hashed the same way and compared against the stored hash. Sending passwords around in plain-text should be avoided. If you violate this rule and isAdmin(int Str Str) were to log the user name, then if you transposed the name and password in your code, the password could be logged instead which creates a security issue (don't write passwords to logs) and is another argument in favor of passing an object instead of its component parts (or using a class method).
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The Special Investigations Unit is investigating after the death of a 59-year-old man near Peterborough.
Officers with the Ontario Provincial Police reportedly responded to a call for a "man in distress" at around 3:15 p.m. Monday.
OPP officers located the man at a home in Douro Township, near Peterborough. He "was pronounced dead at the scene," SIU officials said in a news release.
The SIU has assigned two investigators and two forensic investigators to the incident.
Officials are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact investigators at 1-800-787-8529.
The SIU is an arm's length agency, which probes cases of police-involved death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.


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20 Forced Turnovers Leads WWU to Win
FULTON, MO -- The William Woods University women's basketball team used a 22-4 advantage at the free throw line and forced 20 turnovers to earn a 59-48 American Midwest Conference victory over Williams Baptist College on Tuesday night.
The Owls scored the first eight points in the contest and forced a turnover on each of WBC's first five possessions forcing the Lady Eagles to burn a timeout at the 18:03 mark.
Out of the timeout Williams Baptist would go on a 9-2 run capped off by a Cheyenne Childers basket to pull the Lady Eagles within one point at 10-9.
A Destani Stensrud steal and a basket would put the Owls back up five points at 14-9 with 13:23 remaining. William Woods built a six-point lead at 19-13 with a pair of Olivia Storjohann free throws.
After a Tieara Burks basket at 8:37 both teams would go on a scoring drought that lasted nearly four minutes. Sharonda Brabson broke the streak to pull Williams Baptist within 21-19 wtih 4:45 to play.
The Owls would end the half on a 5-2 run to take a 26-21 lead into the half.
William Woods built its lead to a game-high 12-point margin as a pair of Katie Scherder free throws capped off a 7-0 run.
A Shayna Grant basket cut the WWU lead to seven points with 14:42 remaining in the game. Blake French would put the Owls back up double figures at 40-30 with her only three-point basket of the night but the double-digit lead was short lived. Burks would hit a trey to pull the Lady Eagles back to within seven at 40-33 with a little over 10 minutes remaining. Williams Baptist was able to slowly close the gap to 51-46 with 3:06 left on the clock.
The Owls defense crushed any hope of a Williams Baptist comeback, howver, as they only allowed two points down the stretch. WWU hit all six of its final free throw attempts to pull out the 59-48 victory.
The win puts WWU at 13-2 on the year and 4-1 in the AMC. Williams Baptist falls to 9-8 and 2-3 in conference with the loss.
The Owls were able to overcome being outshot (.356-.298) from the floor as they went 22-of-26 from the line on the night for a season-high .846 success rate. William Woods was disciplined on defense, sending the Lady Eagles to the line just six times on the night, with WBC posting a .667 pace.
Stensrud led all scorers in the game, with her 6-for-6 performance from the line pacing her to a season-high 16 points. She was the only Owl to score in double figures on the night. Childers led the Lady Eagles with 13 points, with Burks and Garrett each chipping in 11.
William Woods will be back in action on Thursday as they travel to Park University for an AMC matchup. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.


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Yes, let's go ahead with the marathon! Wait a minute – let's not. Late on Friday, Mayor Bloomberg reversed his previous position to go ahead with Sunday's NYC marathon, an event involving thousands of runners, after coming under tremendous pressure. By Friday, Sunday's Marathon had been cancelled.
Why the turnaround? In the days following Hurricane Sandy's devastation on the New York area, it was remarkable to hear the rhetoric from the Mayor – namely, that going on with the race would be a show of strength by New Yorkers. Could Mayor Bloomberg have been more misguided in thinking that holding the event anyway, despite a city torn in half by those who had power and those who did not, would be good for New York morale? What he completely missed was a more careful look at the details. The world could see what apparently only he and the event's sponsors could not: This was not September 11.
As the severity of Sandy's impact grew more apparent, focus sharpened on the redeployment of services to support the race. The New York City Marathon is not a simple run in the park. It includes the use of multiple generators, the very same generators that could now power darkened, cold neighborhoods. Police and Fire Department professionals could also be reassigned from controlling traffic to recovery work. This was one case where the show must NOT go on.
The PR Verdict: "B" (Good Show) for the final decision to cancel the New York City Marathon.
The PR Takeaway: One size does not fit all. Mayor Bloomberg's original decision to create a" life should go on" platform (as happened with September 11) was the wrong comparison to make. He might have been better guided by the mistake of Condoleezza Rice's much-maligned visit to Manhattan immediately following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when she caught a Broadway show and bought a pair of Ferragamos. Then as now, the message was not carry on as normal but rather, stop what you are doing and get help fast to where it is most needed. And that doesn't include running a marathon.


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Nissan Launches Limited Run of Exciting JUKE-R as it Stars in Own Movie (Press Release)
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Nissan Launches Limited Run of Exciting JUKE-R as it Stars in Own Movie
- Nissan to build limited run of genre-busting 545bhp, 160mph car
- Performance of unique supercar crossover in Dubai filming sparks demand for thrilling concept to be made available to select customers
- New Juke-Rs will be even more powerful than original concept car
- Cinematic online movie starring Juke-R launched to coincide with announcement
Nissan has announced that its innovative Juke-R crossover will be made available to buy in a very limited run on build-to-order basis.
The 3.8-liter, 160 mph Juke-R made its global debut in Dubai in January this year, attracting enormous attention and, as a result, Nissan has now received firm orders for three cars to be built. Two have come from a high-profile and well-respected member of Dubai society.
Nissan will build more Juke-Rs upon request and will be taking orders in the coming four weeks, before production starts in earnest.
While the original Juke-R was based on the MY10 GT-R running gear, the run of new cars will benefit from featuring the drivetrain and chassis of the MY12 GT-R and, with the build of the first cars underway, the first three cars will be delivered to their new owners in late summer.
Gareth Dunsmore, Marketing Product Manager for the Juke, said: "The Juke-R was originally intended as a one-off concept to marry two of Nissan's most innovative models. But the reaction we had to the car in Dubai was amazing – people were making offers for the original on the street!
"With such a strong reaction, and with three genuine offers on the table, we decided we had to make the car a reality. We can't let down enthusiasts who are this keen to add to their collection of cars. The Juke-R has become something of a phenomenon and I'm enormously proud of the impact it has had. There will be more news to come on Juke later in the year."
Anyone wishing to register an interest in purchasing Nissan's most innovative Crossover yet should contact email@example.com.
To coincide with the announcement, Nissan is also launching a cinematic online movie today at http://www.facebook.com/NissanJukeOfficial, in which the Juke-R stars.
Desert Nemesis follows Nissan's inaugural GT Academy winner, Lucas Ordonez, as he takes on the world's best supercars in a thrilling street race, reminiscent of the 'Need for Speed' movies.
In Desert Nemesis, award-winning film director, Rob Kaplan, captured the noise and excitement generated by the muscular Juke-R and a street race against its loudest, most acclaimed adversaries.
Weaving together the cinematic scenes of a high-production movie and raw footage of the gamer-turned-professional racer taking on the world's most exciting, road-legal cars through the roads of Dubai's exclusive International Marina Club, Kaplan gives us the opportunity to see the Juke-R find its place among the world's elite.
Spaniard, Ordonez, became a professional racing driver thanks to Nissan's hugely-innovative GT Academy partnership with Sony in 2008. He made his debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours with Nissan in 2011 and will return to La Sarthe on June 16/17 with class-winning Nissan-powered team, Greaves Motorsport.
In the run-up to the film launch on May 3, several teaser trailers have been released through Nissan's Facebook and YouTube channels, offering the audience 'behind-the-scenes' footage of one of the automotive industry's bravest, boldest productions.
For full details on the Juke-R and Desert Nemesis please visit:
About Nissan in Europe
Nissan has one of the most comprehensive European presences of any overseas manufacturer, employing more than 14,500 staff across locally-based design, research & development, manufacturing, logistics and sales & marketing operations. Last year Nissan plants in the UK, Spain and Russia produced 677,000 vehicles including mini-MPVs, award-winning crossovers, SUVs and commercial vehicles. Nissan now offers 24 diverse and innovative products for sale in Europe today, and is positioned to become the number one Asian brand in Europe.


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In a lecture on Astronomy Adam Smith explores the range of feelings one feels when observing the wonders of nature and the beauties of the physical world:
We wonder at all extraordinary and uncommon objects, at all the rarer phaenomena of nature, at meteors, comets, eclipses, at singular plants and animals, and at every thing, in short, with which we have before been either little or not at all acquainted; and we still wonder, though forewarned of what we are to see.
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As we continue to explore the complete works of Adam Smith in the Glasgow Edition republished by Liberty Fund, we find many unexpected gems. Here we see Smith lecturing on science to undergraduates and expressing his heartfelt admiration for the beauty of the physical world.


text: Lightbringer 98 Posted June 8, 2012 It occurred to me then that it might be a fun exercise to put together a fan made list of 100 regiments for Only War. We recently did something similar for Only War Missions, and that seemed to work out nicely. This will be a bit more involved, but it could be fun. These would be background only at this stage, as we don't know how the rules are going to operate. Once the Core Rulebook is released, we can apply character generation rules to each of these regiments. 100 is a good number, because it lets GMs and players use this thread as a D100 random generator. It occurs to me you could use this in a number of ways:- • To generate background for Imperial Guard armies consisting of multiple regiments. So, for example, if you want to represent a Division-strength Imperial Guard force, just roll on this table a dozen or so times, and you have immediate background for the entire force. • Or, if you want to create a single allied regiment for your players' unit, just roll on the chart to find ready made background.• Or, if you want a rough and ready concept for a player character, you can randomly generate his regiment.• Or if you want intriguing opponents, roll on the table and use the randomly generated regiment as the basis for a force which has fallen to chaos and turned traitor I think we should steer clear of existing regiments (Cadians, Valhallans, Armageddon Steel Legion etc etc) as one imagines these guys are likely to be covered officially in due course. Besides, it's more fun to invent your own! I would tentatively propose a unified format for the regiments. Obviously, I ain't the boss of anyone on these forums, and people can post their regiments how they like, but I suspect the two main problems with this whole idea are going to be people posting either too little or too much detail for the proposed regiment. Too little background and the concept withers and dies. Too much and people just get bored of reading it. So how about this for a format (this can be cut and pasted and used as a template):- (Name of Regiment) Homeworld (Name of world/type of world/Sector name/subsector/segmentum, 40 word limit) Military Specialty (so, for example Light Infantry, Super Heavy Tank Regiment, Drop Regiment etc etc. This should be a short description of no more than 5 words or so, but the underlying concept can be as mad as you like – the Imperial Guard is a big army! You could have things like arctic warfare specialists, orbital assault troops, aquatic assault troops, toxic warfare infantry, subterranean assault, and so on. ) Order of Battle (A short summary of the strength of the regiment, with a very brief indication of how the regiment is subdivided into smaller units (for example, number of companies) and what materiel and manpower they possess. Personally, I always think of a Regiment as being, in infantry terms, a force of about 2,000-10,000 men, but the canon contains examples of units both far larger and far smaller, so don't feel restricted to those limits. 50 word max limit.) Commanding Officer (name of officer, who'd typically be a colonel, any titles, 10 word limit) History/Summary (this is the "meat" of the entry. Here, one summarises the concept and service record of the Regiment. Word limit is important here – if this section is too long, people will get bored reading it. Less than 400 words is ideal. The tone of this section should read as if it was written by an experienced officer of the Munitorum to an incoming Commissar or senior general due to command the regiment as part of a larger force. Their recent military actions can be briefly summarised, and a short, balanced account of their pros and cons as a fighting force. Note that the regiment doesn't have to be a "good" regiment. It can consist of scum, levies, or even good old fashioned cowards.) Miscellaneous: (A "catch all" category for a final entry on the regiment: perhaps a short summary of any special/unique equipment employed by the regiment, or unusual Regimental traditions, relics, vehicles, banners etc. No more than 100 words.) Adventure hooks: (75 word limit) RPG system notes: (We don't know how the rules are going to work when the game is released. But if you add a short section to the end of each regimental entry giving some guidance on how you see the regiment might fit into a RPG system from the WH40k family, then rules can be written for the regiment once the system is released. For example, if you had created a regiment a bit like the Tanith 1st and only, you might say "bonuses for stealth, camo cloak special equipment, large numbers of veterans and scouts, sniper squads." Note that the objective here is not munchkinism: we're not trying to create the perfect regiment, so a degree of game balance should be coded into the concept. No regiment will be good at everything: A regiment specialising in tunnel warfare might suffer from agoraphobia in wide open deserts. A regiment from a Ministorum run-world might be intolerant of abhumans and so on. Broadly speaking, if you add something good, take something away…but bear in mind that can be a bit simplistic at times. You could also give an indication of your concept for unusual weapons/equipment, so stats can be created for these in due course.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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United States Postal Service (USPS) wishes to inform the designated operators of UPU member countries that Hurricane Florence, which has been causing historic levels of flooding in the Carolinas, has now been downgraded to a tropical depression, but remains a serious threat. The storm continues to dump extreme amounts of rainfall, producing flash flooding, river flooding and a risk of landslides. Areas affected include much of North Carolina and portions of South Carolina and southwest Virginia.
USPS is continuing to monitor the storm as it moves inland, and its top priority is the safety of its customers and employees. Some post offices have suspended operations, mainly in the areas with postcodes range from 27000 to 29999 and 23000 to 23999. Deliveries and other services in the region will also be affected.
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USPS thanks all designated operators for their understanding.


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|Msgr. Publius Xuereb raises the Blood of Christ during his 50th anniversary Mass as a priest at Holy Redeemer Parish in Aledo, May 6, 2018. (NTC/Ben Torres)
Everyone knows that the Catholic Church believes in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The bread and wine offered by the priest is not just a symbolic reminder of Jesus and what He did for us 2,000 years ago. No, the Church teaches that these elements actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. That's why the Eucharist is the source and summit of our life. But if the power that moves mountains, raised Lazarus from the dead, and created heaven and earth is truly present in the liturgy, shouldn't Mass-goers be experiencing more change in their lives?
A Gallup poll done a few years back demonstrated that the majority of those who attend Mass more than occasionally exhibit exactly the same lifestyle and values as those who don't attend church at all. Some could conclude from this that Catholic teaching about the Real Presence must be wrong. But there are two sides to Church teaching on the Mass, and both must be noted in order to answer the question.
On the one hand, Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. He's among us as truly as He was among the crowds during His public ministry. On the other hand, the results produced in our lives from our encounter with the Lord will be directly proportional to our faith and openness. This explains why so few people appear to be changed by their encounter with Christ in the Eucharist.
Faith makes all the Difference
Actually, the impact of Jesus' bodily presence today in the Eucharist is much the same as it was in the days of His public ministry.
Think about the crowd that Jesus was walking through the time He whirled around and said, "Who touched me?" (Mk 5:24-34). The apostles were puzzled. "What do you mean, Lord? You just bumped into a hundred people." But Jesus meant, "Who reached out and touched me with faith?" Then the woman with the hemorrhage came forward. Out of the multitude who had touched Jesus physically, she was the only one healed. No one else recognized who Jesus was; they expected nothing, and they got nothing. Her faith, on the other hand, established the connection that allowed Christ's healing power to flow into her. Her faith made all the difference.
The others who got nothing out of their encounter with Jesus remind me of the soil in the oppressive Texas summers. Beginning in May, we have day after day of non-stop sun. By mid-June the ground is baked as hard as clay pottery. As a result, whenever we do get the occasional summer downpour, we have flash floods. The water can't soak in and become available to the thirsty plants because the ground hasn't been prepared. The life-giving water just runs off.
That's what happens with many of us at Mass. The life-changing power of grace is available, but it can't penetrate. We're not ready. Our hearts are hard and haven't been broken up through prayer, faith, and fasting.
With this in mind, I offer here a few specific strategies to get us ready and make the Eucharist a more fruitful experience, regardless of any shortcomings of the priest, choir, or congregation.
|Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus stand during a Mass celebrated by Father Ken Robinson at Sacred Heart Parish in Muenster, May 26, 2019. (NTC/Kevin Bartram)
Preparing by fasting
The Church has a discipline of a Eucharistic fast. For Roman-rite Catholics, this means an obligation to abstain from all food and any drink but water for one hour prior to receiving Communion. This minimal requirement reminds us that we must prepare ourselves to receive the Lord in the Eucharist.
Certainly, we're free to do more. For example, how about fasting from noise and media-generated distractions? It's a good idea to leave the radio and TV off, the newspaper unopened, and the computer idle for an hour or more before Mass. That way, our minds are more free of noise and clutter, and we don't have to fight so hard to be able to concentrate on the Lord when we walk into Mass.
Pondering the readings
We can prepare for Mass by looking over the readings ahead of time. This gives us a head start in understanding them before we hear them read aloud in church. Also, I post a column weekly at DrItaly.com that suggests some practical ways to understand these Sunday readings and apply them to our lives.
The Church has always recommended that we prepare for Mass through prayer. One practical suggestion is to get to church a little early. Even five minutes can give you time to dial down, unwind, and focus before Mass begins.
Whenever I get to church early enough for this prayer time, I concentrate on arousing my faith. I make conscious acts of faith about Christ's real presence in the various aspects of the liturgy. My prayer might go something like this: "Lord, I see these folks around me. Some of them are distracted; some are people I don't necessarily like, on a human level. But I really believe that these are Your brothers and sisters, and therefore mine. Together, we are one body in You. I honor You here. Lord, I believe that today's presider is really acting in Your place and that You're exercising Your priesthood through him. Bless him and anoint his preaching today. Help him to participate fully in this Eucharist. Lord, I believe You're going to be present in the word. Open my ears to hear you. I don't want to be daydreaming about my to-do list and all the things I've left undone. Make it possible for me to focus — to hear and respond to You.... Finally, Lord, help me to welcome You as I receive your sacred body and blood and be changed by Your presence."
Making an "act of faith" like this is a way of exercising our faith muscles. It's like working out. You really can't grow your muscles unless you exercise them.
I have to admit that quiet, recollected time of prayer before the liturgy has generally worked best for me before weekday Mass, when I'm alone. On Sundays, when my wife and I were trying to get five children to mass, it's just not a possibility. But we do try to prepare as a family while driving to church. We say a decade or two of the Rosary and offer spontaneous prayers like, "Lord, help us to focus and concentrate at this Eucharist. We want to give ourselves to You."
I don't want to give the impression that this works perfectly. Sometimes prayer is interrupted by exhortations to take off the headphones or turn off the radio! Still, we make the effort, and maybe half the time we actually succeed in having some recollected prayer. Even when it doesn't work out, it reminds everyone that Mass is important and requires preparation.
Examining our consciences
Before we approach the table of the Lord, we need to make sure that we are in right relationship with Him. That's why, at the start of each Mass, we pause to call to mind our sins and ask for His forgiveness. However, it is even better to examine our consciences before we enter the door to see if, perhaps, we have any serious sin — mortal or grave — on our conscience. If we think there is a chance of that, we should ask the Lord's forgiveness immediately and go to confession before we receive sacramental communion. If we can't get to confession before attending Mass, we can go forward for a blessing and make an act of spiritual communion, giving ourselves to the Lord Jesus and asking Him to come once again into our hearts. Then we should get to the sacrament of penance as soon as possible, so as to be ready once again to receive Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.
|Father Stephen Hauck celebrates his first Mass at St. Maria Goretti Parish in Arlington on May 21, 2017. (NTC/Ben Torres)
Dressing for the occasion
As a young adult, I often walked into church wearing cut-off jeans and tank top t-shirts. "What do my clothes matter?" I used to think. But then it occurred to me that perhaps they weren't really appropriate, given the magnitude of the event. Without going out and buying a wardrobe of designer suits, I did start dressing more respectfully in honor of the occasion.
For sure, I'd never encourage anyone get into a competition about who's best-dressed at Mass. I do think it's worth asking this question, though: Does the way I dress for Sunday Mass reflect my faith that I'm visiting Christ and that this is the central event of my week?
Deciding about the kids
Parents of young children should be relieved to know that there's no law about coming to Mass as a family. You're perfectly free to attend together or to split up, depending on what works best.
Sometimes, "divide and conquer" is the best strategy. When we had three kids under four, it was hopeless for all of us to go to the Sunday Eucharist together. Whenever we tried it, Susan and I ended up spending the entire time trying to keep the children from disturbing everyone else's recollection, not to mention our own. For a while, we went to different Masses, one staying home with the kids while the other went to church. Occasionally, we got a friend or relative to babysit and went to Mass together.
The point is that parents have to exercise both flexibility and determination so that each one can prepare for Mass and experience it prayerfully. This can require a bit of creativity.
More Follow-Up
|A woman makes the sign of the cross during a Mass admitting men to the permanent diaconate on August 11, 2018. (NTC/Juan Guajardo)
Would it make sense to leap up from Thanksgiving dinner and go out and run a marathon? That's a sure road to indigestion or worse! Neither should we run off from the Lord's table without giving ourselves an opportunity to digest what we've consumed.
The Eucharist is a lavish banquet, a feast of faith, and it takes some digestion and follow-up to really profit from it. Since it's too rich for us to absorb all at once, the Church encourages us to take some time to pray after Mass. As the Catechism points out, "prayer internalizes and assimilates the liturgy during and after its celebration" (2655).
What better place to pray than the very church where you've just participated in the Mass? When you can, linger a little bit after the dismissal to be with the Lord and continue your thanksgiving after Communion. This isn't just my idea: the Church recommends it in an official document called "On Holy Communion and the Worship of the Eucharistic Mystery outside of Mass." It reads: "In order to continue more surely in the thanksgiving that in the Mass is offered to God in an eminent way, those who have been nourished by Communion should be encouraged to remain for some time in prayer" (par. 25).
Social time with other members of the church is really important, too. Since we're all members of Christ's body, we should be getting to know one another and enjoying each other's company either before or after Sunday Mass. But that's not incompatible with taking a few minutes for personal prayer following the liturgy. It helps if the entire parish can make an agreement to keep the church quiet after Mass. Fellowship can begin outside the sanctuary — in the vestibule, church hall, or parking lot. I know of a Catholic university that adopted this approach, and it's working beautifully. At the end of Mass, they turn the lights down low, and whoever needs to leave right away does so. Most kneel down to pray for a few minutes and then proceed outside for coffee, fun, and sharing.
Prayerful follow-up to the Mass can also take place later at home. This might happen individually, as we find bits of time for personal prayer, or as a family or other grouping of Catholics who have been to Mass that day. In my own family, we sometimes read the Scriptures for the day at dinnertime. Again, with young children present, it's an imperfect experience. Sometimes the kids actually pay attention, and sometimes they're a million miles away. But we've seen enough fruit from our successes that we find it's worth the effort. And again, even our failures say something to the kids and to the Lord.
I was once comforted by a priest who told me that the attempt to pray is itself prayer. The attempt to love is itself love. I hang onto this thought whenever our family prayers seem less than spectacular. God honors our intentions and efforts.
It Depends on Us
"I'm not getting anything out of Mass." Next time you hear someone say this — or fall into this way of thinking yourself — remember what the Church teaches about Christ's real presence in the Eucharist. The good news is that He's really there, no matter how lackluster the priest, the church, the music, and the liturgy may be. Nothing and no one can stop us from being in Jesus' presence to receive Him and give ourselves to Him. The bad news is, if we don't get anything out of Mass, there's no one to blame but ourselves.
Everyone knows that the Catholic Church believes in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.


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Jaguar's at least twice built the fastest production car in the world, would you go back to 1949 to drive this one in all its glory?
Welcome to Morning Would, where we present you with some of the most desirable, controversial cars ever built and ask what you would do to drive one.
Yes, in 1949 Jaguar took a (possibly tuned) XK120 onto a highway in Belgium and took it up to 126.5 miles an hour. A few modifications later and it his 136.6 mph. The straight-six Jag was the fastest stock car of its day, but that day was filled with postwar poverty and destitution.
Would you go back to a time when kids were still getting polio just to own this stunner?


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TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons take on the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in the fourth game of a five-game in four-day series from Coca-Cola Park (5:35 p.m.). The Bisons trail 1-2 so far in the series but did collect the 6-4 victory last night. After today's games, the Bisons and IronPigs will conclude the 2009 season with an afternoon game on Monday.
HIT RACE: The Bisons team MVP OF Jesus Feliciano used a three-hit game last night to take a three-hit lead in the International League hit race. Feliciano's 151 hits on the season are three more than Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's OF Austin Jackson (148) and four more than Gwinnett's INF Barbaro Cannizares (147). Feliciano becomes just the eighth Bisons player in the modern era to reach the 150-hit plateau. The last Bisons players to accomplish the feat where INF Jhonny Peralta (181) and INF Brandon Phillips (158) in 2004.
GETTING CHIPPY: OF Chip Ambres enters tonight's game on an 11-game hit streak. The veteran has hit .372 (16-43) since August 27, with three doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored. It's the second time Ambres has reached the 10-game mark with a hit streak this year. Ambres also hit in 10 straight from August 9-18, averaging .410 (16-39) over that stretch.
vs. THE IRONPIGS: The Bisons are 6-8 against Lehigh Valley this season. The Bisons victory last night gives them the chance to still split the season series with the IronPigs. Buffalo would have to win the next two games to earn the 8-8 split. The two clubs split their first ever season-series in 2008 with each home team winning five or eight games.


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Fred Tomaselli
- February 4, 2014 7:00 PM
February 4 – Fred Tomaselli, featured in the Modern's special exhibition FOCUS: Fred Tomaselli, is renowned as one of the premiere artists of today. In this Tuesday Evenings presentation, he shares ideas and work that span his career and brings us to his current endeavors. As a central figure in the 1970s punk rock and hallucinogenic counter culture, Tomaselli began making visually dynamic and conceptually loaded collages, photomontages, and paintings, eventually developing a reputation for his inclusion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis leaves, and other mind-altering substances suspended in resin as elements within collaged and painted images. In the recent interview "Better Living Through Chemistry: Fred Tomaselli's Psychedelic Art" for The Artery, the artist explains that it has been years since he's included drugs in his work, but his themes of utopian notions nevertheless prevail. As curator of FOCUS: Fred Tomaselli, Alison Hearst writes of the work, "Tomaselli's scenes bend reality, illustrating age-old utopian and transcendental ambitions of art."
Tuesday Evenings at the Modern
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday from February 4 through April 8. Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Museum's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. Free admission tickets (limit two) are available at the Modern's information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The Museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesday evenings during the series.
Café Modern serves cocktails, salads, and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.
Podcasts of these lectures are available here, two weeks after presentation date.


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Bit corporate of me maybe but I can't help falling head first into the smoky jazzness of this baby – maybe it's the clouds outside matching the fogfuck in my head, but it's undeniable that Ilya's latest track is quality, quality stuff.
Produced and written by the Bristolian triumverate of late-nite-café vocalist Jo Swan, main scribe Nick Pullin and überproducer Dan Brown, 'Bellissimo' is a lay-back-n-think-of-Eton frisson of naïve dreamery that rises from its TV-ad shackles to create a barby-blanket swirl of sensuous, loungey majesty with a corking, praeturnaturally perfect arrangement that diffuses and dilates and cuts a swathe directly to the love muscle. For once, the MOR produced-to-despair slickness and oft-saccharine easy-listening genre has thrown up a rare and arresting treat.
I believe in a thing called love, indeed. Who doesn't?
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Andy Warhol, Sleep (1963).
Labor Day is supposed to be a day that honors those of us who work for a living with an extra day of rest. I'm writing this on Labor Day, at home on my own laptop, avoiding a long list of other tasks I need to attend to in order to keep my work, and my life, manageable. That work happens all the time and increasingly also at the worker's own expense isn't news, but it helps bring into sharp, urgent focus the arguments in Jonathan Crary's terse, polemical new book, 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep.